Description

Crystal Defenders is a defensive strategy game in which players deploy popular jobs from FINAL FANTASY Tactics A2, such as Black Mages and Soldiers, to fend off encroaching enemy hordes and prevent them from stealing their party's crystals. Players can enjoy 240 stages of action in one of two different game versions: W1 and W2. In W1, players can learn game basics. In W2, the introduction of Power Crystals opens up new doors, allowing for deeper, more detailed strategies.

◆Game Objectives & Features：

- Deploy units on the area map to protect crystal reserves from encroaching monster hordes. - Monsters will enter an area and march through it until they are defeated or reach an exit, at which time they will steal one or more crystals. - Simple touch panel-driven controls and up-tempo play make Crystal Defenders easily accessible whether at home or on the go. - Innovative level design allows for high replayability.

For more information, visit: http://www.crystaldefenders.jp/

*Recommended handset OS : Android OS 2.1 and 2.2

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Christopher Weed

The only thing this has going for it is the FF license This game sucks. I mean, it's technically not the worst tower defense game, but it feels like an app some kid made in his basement. It would be amazing for an amateur effort, but just isn't excusable for a big name like square enix. With games Like kingdom rush available on android there's no reason anyone should be buying this game.

Joshua Ransom

It's fun but lacking content. The game comes on multiple platforms including ios and PSN, and on my GS3 it has less content. There's 4 more maps you can play on other devices in the W3 section that isn't included. Also there should be an option to save replays so you can study what works for you and pass the level. Among other things. Resolution could be changed. Fun to play, but everyone should get the same content for what we're paying. I'd recommend on a different device.

A Google User

Its true I am a square enix freak and I thought everyone writing a review had a crappy phone or something. I have a Motorola ATRIX and it runs everything I put on it great. But this game isn't full screen and looks pixelated. Someone did not program it right. I used to have it on my iphone and the apple version is fantastic. Its my favorite tower defense game. Just prepare yourself for a rough draft of a game with the android version. It seems completely opposite of anything square enix would do but its true.

monkeyknifego

Fun, but... The game only takes up half my screen. Loved the gameplay, but when i play now i cant even see whats happening. I cant even enjoy the game i purchased because of it. I gave it a 2/5 because i remember the hours of gameplay i used to have... on another system. Hopefully there will be a patch with a way to make it bigger, until then i will just be sad i purchased this for the phone.

A Google User

Thankful I didn't pay full price It is well worth the sale price of $1.29, but I would not recommend it for full price. There are 8 stages total in the game. The mobs continue until you lose all of your energy. I expected a bit more from Square. There is no story mode, which was a huge disappointment. Endless games of the 80s aren't for everyone. Some of us enjoy completing a game. Gameplay is fun, for a short period, but becomes repetitive quickly. Works flawlessly on the SGS3

A Google User

Great game, but... ...why can't it run in full screen? I've played the ps3 version on a 42 inch TV, and it didn't have big black borders taking half the screen, so why can't it stretch to a 7 inch tablet's size??? Other than that, really good and demanding tower defence game, would get 5 stars if it wasn't for the screen size issue.

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Christopher Weed June 22, 2013

The only thing this has going for it is the FF license This game sucks. I mean, it's technically not the worst tower defense game, but it feels like an app some kid made in his basement. It would be amazing for an amateur effort, but just isn't excusable for a big name like square enix. With games Like kingdom rush available on android there's no reason anyone should be buying this game.

It's fun but lacking content. The game comes on multiple platforms including ios and PSN, and on my GS3 it has less content. There's 4 more maps you can play on other devices in the W3 section that isn't included. Also there should be an option to save replays so you can study what works for you and pass the level. Among other things. Resolution could be changed. Fun to play, but everyone should get the same content for what we're paying. I'd recommend on a different device.

Its true I am a square enix freak and I thought everyone writing a review had a crappy phone or something. I have a Motorola ATRIX and it runs everything I put on it great. But this game isn't full screen and looks pixelated. Someone did not program it right. I used to have it on my iphone and the apple version is fantastic. Its my favorite tower defense game. Just prepare yourself for a rough draft of a game with the android version. It seems completely opposite of anything square enix would do but its true.

Fun, but... The game only takes up half my screen. Loved the gameplay, but when i play now i cant even see whats happening. I cant even enjoy the game i purchased because of it. I gave it a 2/5 because i remember the hours of gameplay i used to have... on another system. Hopefully there will be a patch with a way to make it bigger, until then i will just be sad i purchased this for the phone.

Thankful I didn't pay full price It is well worth the sale price of $1.29, but I would not recommend it for full price. There are 8 stages total in the game. The mobs continue until you lose all of your energy. I expected a bit more from Square. There is no story mode, which was a huge disappointment. Endless games of the 80s aren't for everyone. Some of us enjoy completing a game. Gameplay is fun, for a short period, but becomes repetitive quickly. Works flawlessly on the SGS3

Great game, but... ...why can't it run in full screen? I've played the ps3 version on a 42 inch TV, and it didn't have big black borders taking half the screen, so why can't it stretch to a 7 inch tablet's size??? Other than that, really good and demanding tower defence game, would get 5 stars if it wasn't for the screen size issue.

I loved playing the demo for this game on PS3. However, this version doesn't even take up a fourth of my screen! I can barely read the text and it's too small to be able to properly place the characters and upgrade them. I am so sad about this. I really wish that Square would fix it :(

Worth it I've always loved Final Fantasy and this tower defense game is definitely nice but lacking in amount of content. Other than that I have no complaints at all. Can't wait and hope to see more Final Fantasy stuff here. Side note-Crashes around level 18 for me.

Let me love you I would really enjoy this game if I was able to see it. I'm using a galaxy s4 and that nice big screen is completely wasted on this game because it only fills a fraction of the screen. I can't get into the action of what would be a very fun game because my eyes are distracted by big black bars around every edge of the screen. WTF, Square Enix? You've changed...

Low quality port I've played FF-CD on the ps3 and I can tell you after the port there is a MASSIVE downgrade in quality. The game doesn't even fill my whole screen (galaxy s3) and the resolution is very low to begin with. World 3 is also missing. The controls are easily picked up and the game is stable in my experience. Loses one star for quality, loses another star for missing stages that the iPhone/ps3 versions have, and retains one star for the 83% summer discount.

Looked fun But Looked like it would have been fun but on my 7" tablet the screen only loads up in the corner (about the size of an average smartphone) that would have been okay but the touch screen calibration was full size so I had to guess where to hit about 2" to the right and down a little to do anything. I that gets changed and fixed I would redo my review for it after actually playing

Fun, addicting but unreliable. The game is a great tower defense game, however the game tends to freeze randomly during play. It will play fine after the initial install, but not after multiple reloads of the game. Also like others have said, the fullscreen issue , although not too big of a deal for me. Will rate higher once I can play smoothly with no hiccups. Galaxy Nexus

Paid .99 on sale, not worth more Scaled down port of the iphone version of game. Screen is shrunk to partial instead of scaled to phone which means they didn't even try making it better after porting, other things missing and always on DRM so you can't play without net. Get it on sale if interested but don't pay more than a dollar or so.

Lazy port This game only uses about 70% of the screen on modern phones. It doesn't look like its been optimized in the least. The controls are clunky partially because of the small screen size and partially due to lazy porting. Don't waste your money. Even 99 cents isnt a good deal for this disappointment. Thanks for cashing in Square Enix.....

Horrible on Nexus 10 Not optimized for nexus 10 at all. Only games up a tiny portion of the center of the screen. You cannot even see what the heck is going on. SE is horrible about stuff like this. They just port over games really quick with no attempt to improve. They are just trying to make money with as little investment as possible.

Not Square's best Playing this on my Asus TF300 is a nightmare. This is by and large the most mediocre tower defense game I have played, and it is made even worse by the fact that the music (of all things, the best part of the game) causes it to crash unexpectedly, usually about 18 levels into a campaign (progress is not saved). No full screen support, and disappointing on all levels. At least it was cheap.

Awful There isn't anything redeeming about this game. Yes it has final fantasy characters, no it isn't good. There are plenty of mobile tower defense games that cost way less and are way better. This game is clunky, has poor graphics, and is generally not fun. If it wasn't on sale for $1 I would have been upset over buying this.

Great game Lots of replay on this title. Game turns into a real challenge in the later stages. The most annoying thing is lack of fullscreen for larger screens. This App is not optimized for tablet, although it still looks much cleaner than my phone. Still perfectly playable in the center of a ten inch screen. Played on both lg optimus g2x and nexus 19

Screen resolution? This is a good game. Great in fact, very fun and very hard. But the fact that it keeps a third of the screen black is something that annoys the crap out of me, and something I've never seen in a mobile game before. Would absolutely be five stars if they updated it to fix the weird resolution.

There are black bars all around us, general I played this on the iPhone and iPad before I switched to android. This game looks awful on my sgs3 and nexus 7. Its a good game don't get me wrong. But this is obviously just a lousy port of it and there are black bars around this game. Got this on sale but I still feel like I got shafted on this purchase.

Frequent crashes This game crashes at random. That would be livable, except that you cannot save permanently to SD (only has a quick-save) AND THEREFORE EVERY CRASH ERASES ALL PROGRESS. I think the game is extremely entertaining and addictive, but starting over every 20 mins or so negates any fun I get out of it. Fix this issue or the rating stays at one star.

Great game if it runs past wave 14 This game is pretty entertaining. All defenders classes jobs are from Final fantasy series: Whitewater, blackmage, etc. it keeps crashing on wave 14, I wish I could play more. But I only bought it for $1.20, what you expect.

WTF??? As mentioned before why am I playing a 3.5 inch version of this game on my gs4? Favorite mobile game useless now. Unnaceptable. + ios has an HD version. So can I expect to pay another 10$ or more for your solution again to fit my screen?

I'm sorry but.. This is really bad. It seems it wasn't optimized for Android at all... Very laggy when things get busy and horrible resolution makes this game a pain to play. A real shame really... It has potential to be a really good game.

Great Good game guys, but I think you guys should impliment an upgrade system in the main menu. Also a way to earn more crystals, once you use a few summons you are screwed. If you can upgrade I will definately give 5 stars

I love this game, but it doesn't scale on larger devices, so it's pretty much unplayable will adjust if fixed. First mobile game I ever played, and it still holds up well. Super Challenging, great abilities, a really good take on the genre using familiar faces.

Battery killer!! Holy crap this thing is a battery killer. it makes my phone hot and quickly climbed up the battery usage list. DO NOT PLAY UNLESS YOU CAN CHARGE EASILY. Is this running in some kind of poorly made emulator or something?

Disappointing It freezes a lot, when there are a lot of units on the screen. The black bars limiting the viewing space is also pretty frustrating. Lastly, I haven't gone too much into it, but it seems those units are all you ever get. There's no fun unlocks like in free games. Seems to me, given the developer, it should be better than privately made apps, not a lot worse.

crashes - asus prime loved game on the psp, so I payed for it again for android. Will not play on my droidx or asus prime tablet(with tegra3) without crashing in the middle of a level. I have yet to complete a single level. Very unhappy. DO NOT BUY without researching to make sure it is fully functional on your device. Also, paid more on android version but there are parts of the game that didnt make the translation. more money for less game and FAR less reliability.

Easy to learn but hard to master. Instant addiction! Unfortunately the game is way too small on my screen, barely takes up half and everything is so small I was getting a headache from squinting. Smdh what a waste of money.

Sell option? Trying to click on units to sell but it doesn't give the option on droid razr. It seems to be a cut up version of its original and is very disappointing. If I would have known I wouldn't have bought the game.

Fun but crashes a lot on transformer prime It is a fun game when it works. It would be nice if the graphics were updated for HD devices (less pixelation on hd displays). This game consistently freezes on my tranformer prime tablet with the fast moving waves for some reason....no resume feature causes this to be more frustrating being all progress is lost once it freezes. This game is fun however when it does work.

Lots of potential. The graphics are awful. They scale horribly and the game plays with black borders. Touch sensitivity is unbearably high, making unit selection a chore. Only a small handful of levels, and a seriously lacking manual. That said, the combat is satisfying and with just a few more weeks of work this could have been a great title. As it stands, it's a buggy unfinished mess. I pity anybody who paid full price for this (I snagged it during a big sale).

Needs a update I own this for the iOS and have no issues. On Android it seems to freeze on any random wave in and on any board regardless of what speed the wave is(normal or 4x). I own a Transformer Prime and it has ICS. Other than that the game is fun and a great buy for .99¢. I will amend the rating once the issue is fix if it is fixed for some reason Square Enix does not update as much as other developers even when there are major issues. Support your product especially since you charge for it!

Great for FF & tower fans, however As other reviewers mentioned, the game does crash every now and then. I hadn't noticed when I first started playing it, but once you get into the game, it can be a very annoying especially when you can't save without quitting the game. Although the resolution of the game is acceptable on the S3, it's obvious that it can still be better. Overall, it's a great game for the discounted price of $1.

Thanks for updating it! I'm not sure what changed, if any changed at all, but thanks for not completely forgetting about the game! Its my favorite tower defense game, I wish you posted more updates, like World 3.

I actually Love this game.... 4 phones ago but as the phones got bigger the app never adapted to the increasing screen resolution and on my Droid Turbo it is a SMALL box. Please FIX this square. I will change it to 5 star which the game is. Has to be one star because it is unplayable

Small on high resolution phones Running the game on 1080p or 1440p phones is impossible because the game only runs on a low resolution and does strectch to fill the screen. It's way too small to play. Square Enix screwing up like usual.

Dont be fooled The description of 200+ levels isnt accurate. There are only 8 stages but potentially 200+ waves you can fight through. For me: replayability is low. But it WAS 83% off when i bought it so oh well. Also, it says you can use summons but i saw no prompt or anything to do that. Very basic, kind of boring